Example sentences of "here [coord] [adv] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and there a fight broke out , girls screeched as someone goosed them , lovers clung together and ignored all that went on around them , pickpockets worked their art furiously and everyone set out to enjoy themselves . |
| 2 | Here and there a word emerged ; she thought she detected ‘ the ’ , ‘ and ’ and ‘ hope ’ through the fog of her panic . |
| 3 | Here and there a duckboard keeps your feet off the mud . |
| 4 | The rock hissed and cracked ; here and there a stone flew up , and the steam rose like smoke . |
| 5 | ‘ I found a good place on the bus , on the top deck , right at the front , where you can feel the warmth coming up through a grating ’ ( here and there a head nodded understandingly ) ‘ and see the view . |
| 6 | A few of the mounts shifted their feet ; here and there a rider slid his sword back and forth in its scabbard . |
| 7 | Evidently there was a market not far away , for there were plenty of housewives with shopping bags bulging with fresh vegetables and fruit , while here and there a businessman hurried through the crowd clutching his briefcase or sat scanning a newspaper over his coffee or cognac . |